Inventors:
John J. Pecoraro - Pueblo CO
Michael E. Garcia - Pueblo CO
Assignee:
Quick Hit, Inc. - Pueblo West CO
International Classification:
A63B 6940
Abstract:
An automatic batting tee apparatus includes a housing having a top opening, a chute for feeding balls one at a time to above the top opening, a drive member mounted upright in the housing for rotation about a vertical axis aligned with the top opening, and a tube disposed upright in the housing surrounding the drive member and aligned with the top opening. The tube is drivingly engaged with the drive member and coupled to the housing so that in response to rotation of the drive member in one and the other of opposite rotational directions the tube will undergo upward and downward reciprocal movement along the vertical axis relative to the rotating drive member through a ball receiving and positioning cycle. The apparatus also includes drive means for rotating the drive member in the one and other rotational directions to cause reciprocal movement of the tube through the ball receiving and positioning cycle, and drive control means for actuating the drive means to cause rotation of the drive member and reciprocal movement of the tube through the ball receiving and positioning cycle.